Abstract: Device for removing the viscera from the carcass of a slaughtered bird, comprising means for holding the carcass with its vent upward, means for gripping the gullet, said gripping means comprising at least two jaw members which are movable towards each other to fixedly and positively clamp the gullet between them, means for engaging under the viscera and means for moving the gripping means and the engaging means downward inside the carcass to the area of the gullet and operating means to move them subsequently in an active position upwards to eviscerate the viscera, wherein the gripping means and the engaging means are formed by one and the same scoop member which is hingedly connected to the lower end of a carrier bar means, wherein the gripping means and the scoop means are arranged for being simultaneously moved between a non-active position and an active position and vice versa.